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(Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) Associated with the Laurisilva Forest of Madeira Island: Species Phenology and Hostplant Preferences ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Cicadina = Beiträge zur Zikadenkunde Jahr/Year: 2011 Band/Volume: 12 Autor(en)/Author(s): Quartau Jose Alberto, Boieiro Mario, Rego Carla, Menezes Dilia, Goncalves Ysabel, Capela Ruben Artikel/Article: Asianidia Zachvatkin (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) associated with the laurisilva forest of Madeira island: species phenology and hostplant preferences. 47-56 Cicadina 12: 47-56 (2011)©Arbeitskreis Zikaden Mitteleuropas e.V. - download unter www.biologiezentrum.at 47 A sian idia Zachvatkin (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) associated with the laurisilva forest of Madeira island: species phenology and host- plant preferences José Alberto Quartau1*, Mario Boieiro1, Carla Rego2, Dilia Menezes3, Ysabel Gonçalves4 & Rüben Capela5 Abstract: Five A sianidia Zachvatkin species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) A. albula, A . decolor, A . insulana, A . chiysanthemi and A . melliferae - were found in a survey o f the leafhoppers associated with a patch o f the laurel forest in Madeira island. A total of 513 specimens were collected as a result o f a two- year study. A sianidia decolor was the most abundant species (47%), followed by A . albula (36%) and A . insulana (16%). A . chiysanthemi and A . melliferae were scarcely found. These leafhoppers proved to be active mostly during spring and summer, but A . albula and A . decolor also showed a peak of abundance during November. The A sianidia species showed considerable variation in host-plant preferences, being some of them monophagous (A . chiysanthemi and A . melliferae), while others are oligophagous or even have a wide range of host- plants (A . albula, A . decolor and A . insulana). During this study new associations were found between these leafhoppers and plants o f the Madeiran laurisilva. The host-plant spectra of the closely related Asianidia albula and A . decolor showed considerable overlap. On the contrary, A . insulana, a species of a different lineage, had different host-plants. It is possible that differences in the preference for host-plants might have played a key role in the diversification o f A sianidia in the Madeiran laurisilva. Zusammenfassung: Im Rahmen einer Untersuchung zur Zikadenfauna von Lorbeerwäldern auf Madeira wurden fünf Arten der Gattung A sianidia Zachvatkin nachgewiesen: A . albula, A . decolor, A. insulana, A . chiysanthemi und A . melliferae. In Summe wurden 513 Individuen gesammelt. Die Häufigste Art war A sianidia decolor (47%), gefolgt von A . albula (36%) und A . insulana (16%). A . chiysanthemi und A . melliferae wurden nur in geringer Zahl gefangen. Die Hauptaktivität der Arten ist im Frühjahr und Sommer, A . albula und A . decolor zeigten ein weiteres Abundanzmaximum im November. A sianidia chiysanthemi und A . melliferae sind monophag, die anderen drei Arten oligo- bis polyphag. 1 Centro de Biología Ambiental/Departamento de Biología Animal, Faculdade de Ciéncias da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. 2Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A), Departamento de Ciéncias Agrárias, Universidade dos Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Portugal. 3 Parque Natural da Madeira, Quinta do Bom Sucesso, Caminho do Meio, 9050-251 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. 4 Museu Municipal do Funchal, Rúa da Mouraria 31, 9004-546 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. 3 Centro de Estados da Macaronésia/Departamento de Biología, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Perneada, 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. * Corresponding author. E-Mail: [email protected] 48 J. A. Quartau et al. Im Rahmen©Arbeitskreis dieser Studie Zikaden Mitteleuropaskonnten e.V.neue - download Nährpflanzenassoziationen unter www.biologiezentrum.at zwischen Asianidia-A rten und Pflanzenarten der Lorbeerwälder Madeiras gefunden werden. Die Nährpflanzenspektren der nahe verwandten Arten A . albula und A . decolor zeigten große Ähnlichkeiten, während die systematisch weiter entferne A lt A . insulana andere Nährpflanzen nützt. Möglicherweise spielte die unterschiedliche Nahrungspräferenz eine entscheidende Rolle in Artbildungsprozesen der Gattung A sianidia auf Madeira. Kej' words: Leafhoppers, Asianidia, laurisilva, host-plants, Madeira 1. Introduction The genus A sianidia Zachvatkin is represented in Madeira by nine species, six of which are stricdy endemic to this archipelago — A. albula, A. atlantica, A. chinai, A. insulana, A. madeirensis and A . melliferae (Quartau, 2007, 2008; Aguin-Pombo & Freitas, 2008). A similar situation exists in the Canary Islands, where 14 endemic species of A sianidia have been recorded (Lindberg, 1954; Oromi et. al., 2004). According to Quartau (1996), the high number of endemic A sianidia in Madeira, and in Macaronesia in general, may offer a good example of the adaptive radiation process by host-shift. For most phytophagous insects, plants provide not only a food source but also frequendy the bulk o f their environment, such as for concealment, substrate-borne communication during courtship, mating and oviposition (Claridge et al., 1997). So, differences in the preferences for the host-plants for feeding and/or ovipositing might have increasingly driven the establishment of patterns of specialization among some insect populations. Colonizing a new host and specializing in its resources could originate host races and eventually lead to speciation, particularly if the insects mate assortatively on their host (e.g., Bush & Butlin, 2004; Matsubayashi et al., 2010; Nyman, 2010). In fact, given enough time, these populations may diverge slowly by the adaptation to different host-species, thus becoming independent and distinct species through a sympatric process (Bernays & Chapman, 1994; Bush, 1994; Bush & Butlin, 2004). As such, host-plant differentiation would be a major factor in the initial origin of the new closely related species. Bush and Butlin (op.cit.), for instance, pointed out that sympatric divergence due to host-shift could be the major source of diversity in many phytophagous and parasitoid insects, groups that are particularly speciose. During the last decades some studies have shown that species once thought to be polyphagous are instead genetically differentiated groups of specialized populations. Some of these groups are differentiated populations still capable o f interbreeding, while others are sympatric species adapted to different host plants or complexes of sibling species (Thompson, 1994). In what concerns the A sianidia species, these exhibit a considerable diversity in their host specificity. As typical typhlocybines they feed not by sucking sap, like most other leafhoppers, but mostly by emptying the leaf mesophyll cells of their contents, so that a whitish stippling can be visible on the leaves as a result of their feeding activity (e.g., DeLong, 1971). Some species have been found on several host-plant species (even from different families), while others are extremely specific in host utilization, having been observed exclusively in one plant species, such as A . chinai and A . melliferae, in relation to Isoplexis sceptrum and Euphorbia mellifera, respectively (Quartau, 1996). Nevertheless, no definite conclusions can be drawn regarding the ecological niches for each o f the Madeiran A sianidia species, since for most of these leafhoppers the range of the host- Asianidia Zachvatkin associated with the laurisilva forest of Madeira island 49 plants for feeding and ovipositing, for instance, is far from being properly known. Host ©Arbeitskreis Zikaden Mitteleuropas e.V. - download unter www.biologiezentrum.at preferences are difficult to determine since most habitats where A sianidia occur can include a mixture o f a high number o f vascular plants, namely a great diversity of herbaceous species. Moreover, it is well known that leafhoppers are also able of performing vertical migrations from the herbaceous vegetation up to the plant canopy (Nickel et al., 2002), thus making difficult the complete inventory of their hosts. The recent data by Quartau (1996, 2007 and 2008) and Quartau & Remane (1996) on the Madeiran leafhoppers served as the principal stimulus for this work where we present the results o f a preliminary survey o f the A sianidia species carried out in a patch o f the Madeiran laurel forest. The following is an analysis o f the diversity o f the A sianidia species found and their seasonal variation in abundance during a two-year period, as well as o f the associations between these leafhoppers and their host-plants. 2. Material and Methods The study was carried out at Chao da Ribeira (32°47’N, 17°06’W) which is located in the northern part o f Madeira island, near Seixal (Fig. 1). Selected plant species o f the upland laurisilva were sampled by standardized sweeping with entomological nets. Sweep netting was followed since besides being an easy and quick method o f sampling terrestrial insects, it had proven in previous studies to be quite effective for surveying A sianidia (e.g., Quartau, 1996; Quartau & Remane, 1996; Quartau et a l 2004). The number of sweeps varied between five and 20, according to the morphological and phenological characteristics o f the individual plant. Sampling took place from May 1997 until June 1999 and was performed monthly, whenever the weather conditions allowed it (during December 1997 sampling was not possible). The data collected during this two-year period were pooled to identify the patterns o f seasonal abundance for the three most common A sianidia species:
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